World poker tour sued by players.Seven of the best-known poker players in the U.S. sued WPT WPT World Poker Tour WPT Waypoint WPT Wisconsin Public Television WPT Watson Poker Tour WPT Wonderlic Personnel Test WPT Wavelet Packet Transform WPT Wireless Power Transmission WPT Windfall Profit WPT Wireless Personal Terminal WPT Word Processing Technician Enterprises Inc., operator of the World Poker Tour For the PBS network with the same abbreviation, see . The World Poker Tour (Abbreviated WPT) is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. tournaments, accusing the company of persuading casinos to host only its televised events. The suit was filed in a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. federal court and accuses the Los Angeles-based company of violating antitrust laws antitrust laws n. acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate commerce. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract, combination.... by conspiring with the casinos to eliminate competition for the players' services and intellectual property. The lawsuit seeks to void contracts by plaintiffs Chris Ferguson, Joseph Hachem, Greg Raymer, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke. Phil Gordon and Howard Lederer that gives the WPT rights to use their names and likenesses. WPT's general counsel Adam Pliska called the suit an "unfounded attack ... without merit" and said that the company plans to vigorously defend" its position. |
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